Ubuntu
usb-creator package

usb-creator wipe the whole disk, not only the selected partition

Bug #622654 reported by Alain Baeckeroot on 2010-08-23

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #484252: Format action wipes all partitions. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to
	usb-creator (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned
Nominated for Karmic by Alain Baeckeroot
Nominated for Lucid by Alain Baeckeroot

Bug Description

Binary package hint: usb-creator

in usbcreator (i guess the gtk version) i sleceted one partition, but got _all_ my disk formatted.

Trashing data is a very bad bug !

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Aug 23 12:55:59 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: usb-creator 0.2.12
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-22.63-generic
SourcePackage: usb-creator
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-22-generic i686

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Alain Baeckeroot (alain-baeckeroot) wrote on 2010-08-23:

Dependencies.txt Edit (5.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XsessionErrors.txt Edit (24.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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David Sugar (dyfet-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2010-08-31:

Thank you for this report. I think the issue is that in some respects the ui of usb-creator was not always all that clear, which I believe is a usability issue, not a bug. The entire usb device is cleared by default I think in part because you may be adding a persistent partition after the image. I note this report is in respect to usb creator in 9.10. In 10.04, this has been clarified, as the primary option is now clearly labeled "erase disk".

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-11-27:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in usb-creator (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Peter Berry (pwberry) wrote on 2011-11-27:

I just experienced this with Natty trying to create an Oneiric installer on a USB stick. To my technical eye "erase disk" means "erase this partition", i.e. the partition that it's presented to me, in my case /dev/sdd1. I did not expect it to erase /dev/sdd!